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Poverty Statistics 

Annual Per Capita Poverty Thresholds and Poverty Incidence,
by Province: 1997 and 2000

ALL AREAS
(as of 15 January 2003)

METHODOLOGY: INCOME APPROACH USING CHANGING PROVINCIAL FE/TBE RATIOS; REGIONAL MENU USING PROVINCIAL PRICES

Computations of Coefficients of Variations (CVs) have been done by the NSCB Technical Staff using the STATA Software. The computations are still being verified/reviewed by the Staff.

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Philippines 9,843 11,605 17.9 28.1 28.4 0.3 33.0 34.0 1.0
NCR 13,201 15,678 18.8 4.8 5.7 0.9 6.5 7.6 1.2
1st District 12,699 16,190 27.5 5.7 5.8 0.1 8.0 7.3 (0.7)
2nd District 13,493 15,710 16.4 4.5 4.1 (0.3) 5.9 6.0 0.0
3rd District 12,971 14,972 15.4 4.6 9.0 4.4 5.9 11.6 5.7
4th District 13,507 16,345 21.0 4.6 4.9 0.3 6.2 6.7 0.4

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region I 10,695 12,766 19.4 31.4 29.6 (1.8) 37.7 35.5 (2.2)

Ilocos Norte

10,172 13,096 28.7 19.3 18.2 (1.1) 25.1 22.8 (2.3)
Ilocos Sur 11,046 13,455 21.8 28.7 30.6 1.9 35.2 35.4 0.2
La Union 11,002 13,121 19.3 37.5 33.7 (3.8) 43.5 39.0 (4.5)
Pangasinan 10,584 12,471 17.8 33.5 30.9 (2.5) 39.5 37.2 (2.3)

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region II 9,030 11,077 22.7 27.1 24.8 (2.3) 32.6 29.7 (2.8)
Batanes 11,841 12,976 9.6 8.7 7.5 (1.2) 14.6 13.9 (0.7)
Cagayan 8,690 10,119 16.4 25.3 20.3 (5.1) 30.8 25.4 (5.5)
Isabela 9,235 11,626 25.9 31.8 30.2 (1.6) 37.2 34.6 (2.6)
Nueva Vizcaya 8,837 11,271 27.5 13.7 15.9 2.2 18.8 21.6 2.8
Quirino 9,233 10,665 15.5 33.8 31.4 (2.4) 40.5 38.2 (2.3)

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region III 11,011 13,843 25.7 13.9 17.0 3.1 16.8 20.9 4.2
Bataan 10,605 12,433 17.2 7.7 9.9 2.3 10.2 12.1 1.8
Bulacan 11,777 13,881 17.9 8.3 5.4 (2.9) 10.7 7.5 (3.2)
Nueva Ecija 11,381 14,755 29.6 23.7 27.3 3.6 27.1 32.0 4.8
Pampanga 11,421 14,713 28.8 7.4 14.4 7.0 9.7 18.2 8.5
Tarlac 10,106 12,575 24.4 21.5 27.6 6.1 25.6 33.6 8.0
Zambales 10,266 12,716 23.9 16.6 23.5 6.9 22.3 28.0 5.7

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region IV 11,464 13,414 17.0 22.8 20.8 (2.0) 26.9 25.9 (1.0)
Batangas 13,313 15,305 15.0 22.1 20.9 (1.2) 25.6 25.9 0.3
Cavite 13,114 14,965 14.1 8.0 10.2 2.1 11.0 13.0 1.9
Laguna 11,670 13,226 13.3 12.3 8.6 (3.7) 14.9 11.4 (3.5)
Marinduque 10,861 12,115 11.5 43.2 45.2 2.0 51.8 55.5 3.7
Occidental Mindoro 9,992 12,167 21.8 34.0 41.4 7.4 40.9 48.8 7.9
Oriental Mindoro 11,300 14,531 28.6 34.4 43.1 8.7 41.5 51.7 10.2
Palawan 9,511 11,700 23.0 31.7 27.9 (3.8) 37.3 35.9 (1.4)
Quezon 11,406 12,746 11.7 36.5 34.1 (2.4) 41.4 40.7 (0.7)
Rizal 12,176 14,787 21.4 8.3 8.0 (0.2) 10.2 11.1 0.9
Romblon 9,424 11,005 16.8 52.8 55.2 2.4 59.8 66.5 6.7
Aurora 10,539 11,407 8.2 28.4 26.6 (1.9) 34.4 33.2 (1.2)

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region V 9,850 11,524 17.0 46.9 49.0 2.2 53.8 56.2 2.4
Albay 9,556 11,858 24.1 43.2 39.6 (3.6) 50.0 47.8 (2.2)
Camarines Norte 10,662 11,481 7.7 49.7 52.7 3.0 57.6 57.3 (0.3)
Camarines Sur 9,686 11,436 18.1 43.7 42.6 (1.1) 51.1 48.7 (2.4)
Catanduanes 10,396 12,055 16.0 41.3 44.7 3.4 48.0 53.2 5.2

Masbate

9,766 11,488 17.6 61.4 62.8 1.4 68.9 70.9 2.0

Sorsogon

10,038 11,138 11.0 42.1 41.4 (0.7) 48.7 51.4 2.6

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region VI 10,101 11,553 14.4 37.2 37.8 0.6 43.2 45.7 2.5

Aklan

9,649 11,870 23.0 30.9 36.3 5.4 39.2 42.9 3.8

Antique

9,918 10,924 10.1 44.9 35.1 (9.8) 52.6 45.9 (6.7)

Capiz

10,621 12,220 15.1 39.0 51.0 12.0 48.5 57.4 8.9

Iloilo

10,655 12,145 14.0 37.2 29.8 (7.4) 43.1 37.1 (6.1)

Negros Occidental

9,681 11,113 14.8 36.7 41.6 4.8 41.2 50.2 9.0

Guimaras

9,614 10,712 11.4 29.6 22.6 (7.0) 35.7 28.3 (7.4)

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region VII 7,885 9,791 24.2 29.8 32.3 2.4 34.7 37.4 2.8

Bohol

6,993 9,125 30.5 37.3 47.3 9.9 43.1 53.6 10.5

Cebu

8,341 10,485 25.7 25.5 28.7 3.2 29.3 32.7 3.4

Negros Oriental

7,924 8,940 12.8 33.0 28.9 (4.1) 39.8 36.4 (3.3)

Siquijor

7,308 8,966 22.7 45.3 29.2 (16.1) 50.5 33.6 (17.0)

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region VIII 8,319 9,623 15.7 39.9 37.8 (2.1) 47.4 45.4 (2.0)

Eastern Samar

8,577 9,516 10.9 58.1 47.3 (10.8) 67.2 57.1 (10.1)

Leyte

8,262 9,790 18.5 32.9 36.1 3.1 39.6 41.9 2.3

Northern Samar

8,063 9,166 13.7 49.5 40.7 (8.8) 55.5 50.4 (5.1)

Western Samar

8,470 9,574 13.0 41.1 40.7 (0.5) 47.2 48.0 0.9

Southern Leyte

8,194 9,674 18.1 33.6 28.5 (5.1) 44.4 37.7 (6.7)

Biliran

8,626 10,072 16.8 39.6 34.8 (4.8) 44.9 45.1 0.1

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region IX 8,092 9,298 14.9 31.9 38.3 6.4 37.1 44.5 7.4

Basilan

9,451 9,271 (1.9) 20.9 26.2 5.3 25.5 32.7 7.2

Zamboanga Norte

7,839 9,090 16.0 42.4 45.6 3.3 47.4 51.9 4.5

Zamboanga Sur

8,081 9,404 16.4 28.7 37.0 8.2 34.3 43.3 9.0

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region X 9,051 9,881 9.2 37.8 32.9 (4.9) 43.3 38.7 (4.6)

Bukidnon

8,868 8,982 1.3 42.5 32.2 (10.3) 48.3 39.6 (8.7)

Camiguin

9,666 12,000 24.1 32.5 53.1 20.6 39.4 56.0 16.6

Misamis Occidental

8,774 9,655 10.0 43.3 43.4 0.1 49.3 49.0 (0.2)

Misamis Oriental

9,430 10,830 14.8 31.5 27.6 (3.9) 36.0 32.5 (3.5)

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region XI 9,298 10,568 13.7 31.1 31.5 0.4 37.1 36.5 (0.6)

Davao del Norte

9,012 10,514 13.7 31.9 38.9 7.0 37.9 45.9 8.0

Davao del Sur

9,175 9,940 16.7 22.7 18.2 (4.5) 28.2 21.8 (6.4)

Davao Oriental

9,409 10,155 8.3 46.7 34.4 (12.3) 55.9 41.5 (14.4)

South Cotabato

9,592 11,353 7.9 33.0 37.3 4.3 38.3 41.8 3.4

Saranggani

9,547 10,434 18.4 45.1 48.0 2.9 49.8 51.5 1.8

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
Region XII 9,754 11,019 13.0 45.3 48.4 3.1 51.6 55.3 3.7

Lanao del Norte

9,978 11,539 13.0 45.2 50.8 5.6 50.1 55.5 5.3

North Cotabato

9,653 10,338 15.6 50.6 42.9 (7.7) 58.1 51.5 (6.6)

Sultan Kudarat

9,625 11,368 7.1 36.6 54.3 17.7 42.5 61.4 18.9

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
CAR 11,178 13,176 17.9 35.9 31.1 (4.9) 42.8 38.0 (4.8)

Abra

10,280 13,693 33.2 55.7 48.8 (6.9) 58.9 58.6 (0.4)

Benguet

11,788 14,185 20.3 18.9 14.1 (4.8) 26.2 19.2 (7.0)

Ifugao

11,225 11,852 5.6 57.7 55.6 (2.1) 66.0 64.0 (2.1)

Kalinga

10,307 11,439 11.0 38.7 38.8 0.1 44.3 45.1 0.7

Mt. Province

13,048 15,285 17.1 56.6 49.0 (7.6) 64.7 57.6 (7.1)

Apayao

9,563 11,278 17.9 27.5 26.1 (1.4) 34.1 33.8 (0.4)

 

Province Annual Per Capita Poverty Threshold (in Pesos) Incidence of Families
(in Percent)
Incidence of Population
(in Percent)
1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%) 1997 2000 Inc/Dec (%)
ARMM 10,431 12,753 22.3 50.0 57.0 7.1 55.6 62.9 7.3

Lanao del Sur

11,048 13,986 26.6 55.6 55.0 (0.6) 62.2 61.9 (0.3)

Maguindanao

9,438 12,218 29.5 41.6 55.1 13.5 47.1 61.3 14.2

Sulu

10,666 12,249 14.8 67.1 63.2 (3.9) 70.0 67.7 (2.4)

Tawi-tawi

11,110 12,757 14.8 35.0 56.5 21.5 39.2 60.2 21.0
Caraga 9,231 10,605 14.9 44.7 42.9 (1.7) 51.0 50.2 (0.8)

Agusan del Norte

9,079 10,575 16.5 41.4 39.9 (1.6) 47.3 45.3 (2.0)

Agusan del Sur

8,711 10,594 21.6 45.3 50.2 5.0 53.7 58.0 4.3

Surigao Del Norte

9,670 10,987 13.6 46.9 42.4 (4.5) 51.8 50.8 (1.0)

Surigao Del Sur

9,344 10,263 9.8 45.2 38.2 (7.0) 51.8 45.7 (6.1)

Note:

Districts of NCR cover the following:

Source: Social Sectors B Division, NSCB

 

 

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